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Study: Human Exposure to BPA ‘Grossly Underestimated’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 20th, 2010
New York Times: Americans are likely to be exposed at higher levels than previously thought to bisphenol A, a compound that mimics hormones important to human development and is found in more than 90 percent of people in the United States, according to new research. U.S. EPA says it is OK for humans to take in up to 50 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight each day. The new study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, suggests that we are exposed to at least eight times ...
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Controversial Candidates on ‘Short List’ for EPA Fracking Panel
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 20th, 2010
Greenwire: U.S. EPA is considering two former Halliburton Co. executives along with one of the most outspoken critics of hydraulic fracturing to provide independent expert advice on its study of the polarizing drilling practice. The EPA Science Advisory Board's "short list (pdf)" of 82 people to serve on a review panel could reignite a debate that dogged a previous fracturing study, in which a Halliburton employee served on a peer review panel that was criticized for being overloaded with people ...
Gulf Well Is Capped, But Still ‘Hell To Be Paid’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 20th, 2010
National Public Radio: Its first act has concluded, but the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will continue to cause dramatic fallout for years to come. The blown oil well Macondo has been covered with cement and was declared "effectively dead" Sunday, but its legal, ecological and economic effects are only just starting. "It's great news that the BP blowout has finally been killed after five months," said Richard Charter, a marine policy adviser with Defenders of Wildlife, an environmental advocacy ...